Gandia-oliva-denia Tram Promises Improved Travel And Regional Cohesion

On Monday 25 August, nan President of nan Generalitat, Carlos Mazón, confirmed that “progress continues connected nan Gandia-Oliva-Dénia TRAM line”, a task he described arsenic “essential for nan connectivity, wealthiness and prosperity of 1 of nan astir important tourer areas successful nan Valencian Community.”

In a statement, Mazón announced that nan process to grant nan readying and feasibility study for nan TRAM railway level has already begun, pinch a fund of €101,000. This marks a measurement guardant successful processing nan project, which will nexus nan Safor and Marina Alta regions.

“This inaugural will thief boost 1 of nan astir prosperous areas of nan Mediterranean and amended connectivity and cohesion betwixt Safor and Marina Alta, while addressing a long-standing request to reconnect 2 neighbouring regions that mislaid their railway nexus successful 1974,” said nan president.

Carlos Mazón

Mazón highlighted that nan Gandia-Oliva-Denia section, “which should beryllium portion of nan coastal train”, has been many times requested from nan cardinal government, urging them to “abandon inaction and collaborate connected nan Generalitat’s project”, which he called “vital” for nan area.

He lamented that nan cardinal government, “which holds railway powers, has dismissed nan anticipation of creating nan coastal train aliases extending nan Cercanias statement from Gandia southwards.”

Mazón emphasised that it is nan Generalitat that “will thrust coastal connectivity pinch nan building of nan TRAM from Denia” and called connected nan cardinal authorities “to money this important project” for nan Valencian region.

Project details

The readying study will found nan starting constituent for designing nan railway infrastructure betwixt nan 3 towns, successful statement pinch nan Valencian Community Mobility Law, and will service arsenic a preliminary measurement earlier drafting nan elaborate study and building projects.

The activity will propose different options for defining a TRAM railway level linking Gandia, Oliva and Denia, analysing nan nationalist obstruction carrier services on nan Valencia-Alicante corridor. The purpose is to heighten local, inter-regional, and long-distance mobility, improving connectivity and territorial cohesion. Once nan study is completed, building activity could begin, according to nan Generalitat.

Costa Blanca main line

The president noted that nan level “represents an description of nan railway web for a early safe, sustainable and businesslike nationalist carrier work connecting nan Ribera Baixa, Safor, Marina Alta, Marina Baixa and l’Alacantí regions.”

The readying activity for nan Gandia-Oliva-Denia statement will see an study of existing and imaginable obstruction services. This will screen imaginable origins and destinations, work frequency, and recreation times astatine local, inter-regional, long-distance and high-speed levels. The study will besides research imaginable collaboration pinch backstage operators.